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    ACATER - supplied food provisions, e.g. a ships chandler 
    ACCIPITRARY - falconer 
    ACCOMPTANT - accountant 
    ACCOUCHEUR / ACCOUCHEUS - one who assisted women in childbirth 
    ACCOUTREMENT MAKER / ACCOUTRE - supplier of military accessories 
    ACKERMAN / ACREMAN - ploughman, an oxherder 
    ACTUARY - kept public accounts of business 
    ADMINISTRATOR - directed the affairs of another 
    ADVERTISEMENT CONVEYANCER - sandwich board man 
    ADVOCATE DEPUTE - Scottish law officer who could act a public prosecutor 
    ADVOWEE - normally a nobleman, who had the right to present a clergyman 
	to a benefice 
    AERONAUT - balloonist or a trapeze artist in the circus or music halls 
    AFFEEROR - official in the manorial courts who assessed the monetary 
	penalty and also collected taxes
    and dues and were also called Assessor 
    AGISTER - official of the Royal Forests or in the New Forest it is 
	the title for the one in charge of the
    ponies 
    ALABASTERER - worked with alabaster 
    ALBLASTERE - crossbow man 
    ALCHEMIST - medieval chemist who claimed to be able to turn base 
	metals into gold 
    ALDERMAN - senior councillor one position down from Mayor in the 
	local council 
    ALE-CONNER / ALE FOUNDER - official who tested quality and measure 
	of ale served in public houses 
    ALE DRAPER - seller of ale 
    ALE TASTER - tested ale and beer for quality first recored in 1377 in 
	London. Appointed by the Manor
    and forerunner of the Inspector for Weights & Measures 
    ALE TUNNER - employed by the brewery to fill ale casks (tuns} with ale 
    ALEWIFE - woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern 
    ALL SPICE - name for a grocer 
    ALMANAC MAN - official appointed by the Court of Sewers who warned 
	the inhabitants of the Trent River
    area of higher than normal tides 
    ALMONER - gave out alms or charity to the poor on behalf of the parish 
    ALMSMAN - received alms 
    ALNAGER - official who examined the quality of woolen goods and 
	stamped them with the town seal of approval 
    AMANUENSIS - secretary or stenographer 
    AMBER CUTTER - cut ambergris 
    AMBER & JET CUTTER - cut and polished amber for jewelry 
    AMBLER - officer of the Royal Stable who broke in horses 
    AMEN MAN - parish clerk 
    ANCHOR SMITH - made anchors 
    ANCHORESS - female hermit or religious recluse 
    ANCHORITE - male hermit or religious recluse 
    ANILEPMAN - smallholder (tenant of the manor) 
    ANGLE IRON SMITH - made angle iron ie. flat iron bars bent at right 
	angles lengthways 
    ANKLE BEATER - young person who helped to drive the cattle to market 
    ANNATTO MAKER - worked in the manufacture of dyes for paint or 
	printing 
    ANTIGROPELOS MAKER - made waterproof leggings 
    ANVIL SMITH - made anvils and hammers for blacksmiths 
    APIARIAN - beekeeper 
    APOTHECARY - prepared and sold medicines or drugs; pharmacist 
    APPARITOR - official who summoned witnesses in the ecclesiastical 
	courts 
    APPRENTICE - was bound to a skilled worker for a specified time to 
	learn a trade 
    APRONEER - term used in London for a shopkeeper 
    APRONMAN - mechanic 
    AQUARIUS (EWAR) - waterman 
    AQUAVITA SELLER - sold alcohol 
    ARCHIATOR - physician 
    ARCHIL MAKER - made a violet dye from lichens, used in the textile 
	industry 
    ARKWRIGHT - skilled craftsman who produced "arks" (wooden chests 
	or coffers) 
    ARMIGER - squire who carried the armour of a knight 
    ARMOURER - made suits of armour or plates of armour for buildings 
	or ships etc. 
    ARTIFICER - soldier mechanic who does repairs 
    ASHMAN - dustman 
    ASSAYER - determined the proportions of metal in ore 
    ASSAY MASTER - determined the amount of gold or silver to go in coins 
    AUGER MAKER - made the carpenters augers (used for boring holes in wood) 
    AULNAGER - see Alnager 
    AURIFABER - goldsmith 
    AVENATOR (PLANTIFENE) - hay and forage merchant 
    AVOWRY - term for the lord of the manor 
    AXEL TREE MAKER / AXEL TREE TURNER - made axels for coaches and wagons 
    BACKMAKER - made "backs", vats, tubs, a Cooper 
    BACKMANN / BACKSTER / BAXTER / BECK / BECKER - baker 
    BACK'US BOY - kitchen servant (from "back of the house") 
    BACK WASHER - employed to clean the wool in the worsted manufacturing 
	industry 
    BADGER - licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it 
	and could only work in a defined area (the term "Badgering comes 
	from this"). A corn miller or dealer or an itinerant food trader 
    BADGY FIDDLER - boy trumpeter in the military 
    BAGMAN - travelling salesman 
    BAGNIOKEEPER - n charge of a bath house or brothel 
    BAILIFF / BAILIE / BAILLIE / BAILLEE - officer of the sheriff, a 
	land steward acting on behalf of the
    Landowner or Landlord and in Scotland a magistrate of the burgh, 
	also looked after the fishing rights on
    certain rivers 
    BAIRMAN / BAREMAN - pauper or beggar 
    BALER - bales hay and in the mills one who bailed wool or cotton goods 
    BALISTER - archer most commonly a crossbowman 
    BALLAST HEAVER - loaded ballast into the hold of empty ships 
    BALLARD MASTER - in charge of loading the ballast into the hold of 
	empty ships 
    BALLER / BALLER UP - assisted the potter by measuring out the balls 
	of clay 
    BAL MAIDEN - female mine worker who worked on the surface (also a 
	Pit Brow Lass) 
    BAND FILER - metal worker in the gun making industry 
    BANDSTER - bound the wheat sheaves after harvest 
    BANG BEGGAR - officer of the parish who controlled the length of 
	stay of any stranger to the parish 
    BANKER - dug trenches and ditches to allow drainage of the land, 
	placing the surplus earth in banks
    around the edge 
    BANKSMAN - employed in the mining industry being in charge of the 
	cages at the pit head (sometimes
    known as a bank manager) 
    BARBER / BARBER SURGEON - a barber also also a surgeon (an Act was 
	passed that limited Barbers to hair-cutting, shaving, dentistry 
	and blood letting in the 18th century) 
    BARD - poet or minstral 
    BAREMAN - beggar or pauper 
    BARGEE / BARGEMAN - worked on or owned and operated a barge 
    BARGE MATE - Naval officer 
    BARILLA MANUFACTURER - made barilla, a substance obtained from 
	burning saltworts, the resulting
    mixture of sodium salts being used in the glass and ceramics industry 
    BARKEEPER - another name for a tollkeeper 
    BARKER - tanner 
    BAUER - farmer 
    BAXTER - baker 
    BELHOSTE - tavern keeper. 
    BARTONER - in charge of the monastic farm, also known as a barton 
    BASIL WORKER - worked with sheep and goat skins 
    BASKETMAN - made baskets and furniture from wicker, and also employed 
	to empty the basket of coal
    being offloaded from the colliers into the barges 
    BASS / BAST DRESSER - employed in dressing fibre or matting 
    BATHING MACHINE PROPRIETOR - owned and hired the changing huts used 
	at the seaside in the by bathers 
    BATMAN - officers servant in the army 
    BATT MAKER - made the wadding used in quilt and mattress making 
    BATTLEDORE MAKER - made the beaters used on clothes carpets etc to 
	remove the dust (later made the paddles used in washing machines) 
    BAYWEAVER - who wove bay (a fine woollen fabric also known as baize) 
    BEADLE / BEDEL / BEDELL - officer of the parish whose principle duty 
	was to keep order, also was the town crier 
    BEADMAN / BEADSMAN / BEDESMAN - employed to pray for his employer, 
	inhabitant of an almshouse / poorhouse / hospital or tenant 
	employed by the manor for a specific service 
    BEAD PIERCER - employed to drill the holes in beads 
    BEAMER - winds the warp on the roller before putting it on the loom 
	in the textile industry 
    BEARER - worked undergrpound carrying the coal to the bottom of the 
	pit shaft and placed it in the
    containers for uplifting to the surface 
    BEATER - cleansed and thickened the cloth by treading it underwater 
	with fullers earth (aka Fuller) 
    BEAVER - made felt used in hat making 
    BEDMAN - sexton 
    BEDRAL - in Scotland a minor church official 
    BEDWEVERE - made the webbing for bed frames and also a one who wove 
	quilts 
    BEESKEPMAKER - made beehives 
    BEETLER - operated a beetling machine, used in the textile trade for 
	embossing fabric 
    BELLEYETERE - bellfounder 
    BELLFOUNDER / BELTER / BILLITER - made bells 
    BELL HANGER - installed bells in churches 
    BELLMAN - employed as a watchman or town crier or who worked for the 
	post office and collected letters
    for the mail coach by walking the streets and ringing a bell 
    BELLOWFARMER - responsible for the care and maintenance of the church 
	organ 
    BELLOWS MAKER - made bellows used for organs or blacksmiths fires 
    BELLY BUILDER - built and fitted the interiors of pianos 
    BENDER - cut leather 
    BESSWARDEN - appointed by the parish to look after its animals 
    BESOM MAKER - made brooms 
    BIDDY - female servant usually of Irish stock 
    BILLIER / BILLYMAN - operated a Billy Roller, a machine used in the 
	cotton industry to prepare the cotton for spinning 
    BILL POSTER - put up notices, signs and advertisements 
    BINDER - bound items, e.g., books, hats etc . 
    BIRD BOY - employed to scare away birds from crops 
    BIRD CATCHER - caught birds for selling 
    BIRDS NEST SELLER - sold bird nests collected from the wild complete 
	with eggs which were then hatched by domestic birds and sold 
	as pets 
    BIRLYMAN - in Scotland a ground officer or parish arbiter 
    BLACK TRAY MAKER - made Japanned trays 
    BLACKING MAKER - made polish for shoes 
    BLACK BORDERER - made black edged stationery for funerals 
    BLADESMITH - swordmaker or knife maker 
    BLAXTER / BLEACHER - bleached cloth or paper pulp 
    BLEMMERE - plumber 
    BLENTONIST - water diviner 
    BLINDSMAN - employed by the Post Office to deal with incorrectly 
	addressed letters and parcels 
    BLOCKCUTTER / BLOCKER - made wooden blocks used in the hat trade or 
	laid down the blocks on which a ships keel was laid 
    BLOCK MAKER - engraved the blocks used in the printin 
    BLOCK PRINTER - printer who used wooden blocks for printing 
    BLOODMAN / BLOODLETTER - used leeches for letting blood, this was 
	thought to be a cure for many ailments 
    BLOOMER - produced iron from ore, a bloom smithy 
    BLOWER - glass blower, one who operated a "blowing machine" used 
	to clean and separate fibres in the textile trade, one who 
	operated the bellows at a blacksmiths 
    BLOWFEEDER - fed the fibres into a "blowing machine" 
    BLUESTOCKING - female writer 
    BLUFFER - innkeeper or landlord of a pub 
    BOARDING OFFICER - inspected ships before entering port 
    BOARDMAN - truant officer who checked school attendance. a tenant 
	of manorial land who paid rent by
    maintaining the manor's table 
    BOARDWRIGHT - made tables and chairs aka carpenter 
    BOATMAN - worked on a boat, predominately on rivers and canals also 
	the name given to a boat repairer
    BOATSWAIN - ship's officer in charge of riggings & sails 
    BOBBER - who polished metals one who helped to unload fishing boats 
    BOBBIN CARRIER - worked in spinning and weaving sections of the mills 
    BOBBIN TURNER - made the bobbins used in the spinning and weaving 
	industry 
    BOBBY - policeman usually of constable rank 
    BODEYS / BODY MAKER - made bodices for womens garments 
    BODGER - craftsman who made wooden chair legs and the spars and 
	usually worked in the actual woodland that they cut the timber in 
    BOILERMAKER - worked with metal in any industrial setting 
    BOILER PLATER - made rolled iron plate used to make boilers for 
	steam engines etc 
    BOLL - looked after power looms in the weaving industry 
    BOLTER - sifted meal 
    BONDAGER - female worker on a farm who was bonded 
    BONDMAN - bonded to a master for the purpose of learning a skill or 
	trade 
    BONDSMAN - stood bond or surety for another where a bond was required 
	by law 
    BONE BUTTON TURNER - made buttons using a lathe 
    BONE LACE MAKER - made pillow lace 
    BONE MOULD TURNER - made the moulds for button manufacturers 
    BONE PICKER - collected rags and bones aka Rag and Bone Man 
    BONESETTER - set broken bones 
    BONIFACE - keeper of an inn 
    BOOK GILDER - decorated books with gold leaf 
    BOOKHOLDER - prompter in the theater 
    BOOK KEEPER - looked after the accounts for businesses 
    BOOKMAN - student 
    BOONMASTER - surveyor of roads with the responsibilities of maintaining 
	and repairing the road 
    BOOTBINDER - employed to operate the machines which bound footware 
    BOOT CATCHER - servant at inn who pulled off traveler's boots 
    BOOT CLOSER - worked in the shoe trade stitching together all the parts 
	of a shoe upper 
    BOOTHMAN - corn merchant 
    BORLER - who made cheap coarse clothing 
    BORSHOLDER - regional name (Kent) for a constable 
    BOTCHER - tailor or cobbler 
    BOTTILER / BOTTLER - made leather containers for holding liquids eg 
	wine flasks or water bottles 
    BOTTLE BOY - pharmacists assistant 
    BOTTOM MAKER - moulded the bottoms for saggers in the pottery 
	industry 
    BOTTOM KNOCKER - sagger makers assistant in the pottery industry 
    BOTTOMER - worked down the pits moving the ore etc to the bottom of 
	the shaft for removal 
    BOWDLER - worked with iron ore 
    BOWKER - bleached yarn. A local term in some parts of Lancashire 
	for a butcher 
    BOWLER - made bowls and dishes and also a term used for those who 
	made the rounded part of spoons before casting 
    BOWLMAN / BOWLWOMAN - dealer in crockery 
    BOWLMINDER - in charge of the vats used for washing raw wool before 
	processing 
    BOWYER / BOWER - made bows used in archery 
    BOZZLER - parish constable 
    BRABENER - weaver 
    BRACHYGRAPHER - shorthand writer 
    BRAIDER - made cord by twisting threads or strips of leather 
    BRAILLER - made girdles 
    BRAKEMAN / BRAKESMAN - operated the winch at the pit head or operated 
	the braking mechanism on trains and trams 
    BRASILER - dyer 
    BRAZIER - worker with brass 
    BREWSTER - female brewer or brewer 
    BRIGHTSMITH - metal worker 
    BROOM SQUIRE - broom maker 
    BROTHERER / BROWDERER / BRODERER / BROIDERER - embroiderer 
    BROW GIRL - female employed at the pit head 
    BROWNSMITH - works with copper or brass 
    BUCKLER / BUCKLESMITH - made buckles 
    BUCKLE TONGUE MAKER - made the metal points that go in the holes of 
	a belt 
    BUCKRAM MAKER - worked with buckram (used in stiffening materials) 
	e.g. belts, lapels and collars 
    BUCK WASHER - laundress 
    BUDDLEBOY - employed to use and maintain the vats used in the lead 
	and tin mines for washing the ore 
    BUFFALO SOLDIER - soldier serving in a black regiment in the US Army 
	in the West 
    BULLWHACKER - oxen driver 
    BUMBOAT MAN - met ships at anchor with goods for passengers and crew 
	to purchase 
    BUMMER - army deserter 
    BUMMAREE - middle man between the wholesaler and the retailer at 
	the fish markets 
    BUNTER - female rag & bone collector 
    BURGESS - represented a borough at official levels BURELER - made 
	borel, a woollen cloth with a
    coarse feel 
    BURGOMASTER - mayor 
    BURLER - quality inspector for clothing 
    BURMAIDEN - chambermaid or lady-in-waiting 
    BURNEMAN - carrier of barm or water for brewers 
    BURYE MAN - grave digger 
    BUSHEL MAKER - cooper 
    BUSHELER - tailor's helper 
    BUSS MAKER - maker of guns 
    BUSKER - hair dresser 
    BUTNER - button maker 
    BUTTER CARVER - made imprints in butter pats 
    BUTTON BURNISHER - button polisher 
    BUTTY - negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labor 
    CADDY BUTCHER - butcher that dealt in horse meat 
    CADDIE - messenger or errand boy 
    CADGER - beggar 
    CAFENDER - carpenter 
    CAFFLER - rag and bone collector 
    CAINER - made walking sticks 
    CAIRD - another term for a tinker 
    CALCINER - burnt bones to make powdered lime 
    CALENDER - one who listed documents 
    CALENDERER / CALENDERMAN / CALENDER WORKER - operated a machine which 
	pressed using
    two large rollers (calender) used to press and finish fabrics or paper 
    CALICO PRINTER - dyed and colored calico 
    CAMBRIC MAKER - made a fine linen or cotton fabric called cambric 
    CAMISTER - minister of the cloth 
    CANDLE MAKER / CANDLER - who made and sold candles 
    CAMBIST - banker 
    CAMERIST - lady's maid 
    CAMLET MERCHANT - seller of camlet, cloth used to make cloaks & 
	petticoats 
    CANDY MAN - traveling candy salesman and also slang name for a baliff 
    CANCELLARIUS - chancellor 
    CANER / CHAIR BOTTOMER - one who made the seats for chairs out of 
	woven cane 
    CANNALLER - canal boat worker 
    CANTER - religious speaker who uses cant 
    CANT`ING CALLER - auctioneer 
    CANVASER - one who made canvas 
    CAPER - cap maker 
    CAPILLAIRE MAKER - one who made orange flavored syrup 
    CAPITALIST - investor 
    CAPPER / CAP MAKER - made caps usually worn by the working class 
    CAPTAIN - in charge of a ship or a group of soldiers and also term 
	for an overseer 
    CARDROOMER - term for anyone who worked in the carding room of the mills 
    CARDER - cards wool 
    CARDMAKER - maker of cards or instruments for combing wool 
    CARMAN / CHARMAN / CARTER / CARRIER - one who drove a vehicle used 
	to transport goods 
    CARD NAILER / NAILORA - maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding 
	machine used for preparing wool and cotton for weaving 
    CARNIFEX - butcher 
    CARPENTARIUS - carpenter 
    CART WHEELER - one who made cart wheels 
    CARTOGRAPHER - map maker 
    CARTOMANCER - fortune teller who used cards 
    CARTWRIGHT - maker of carts & wagons 
    CASHMARIE - one who sold fish usually at inland markets 
    CASTER / CASTORA - made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, 
	pepper, sugar etc 
    CASTRATOR - who castrated farm animals aka gelder 
    CATAGMAN - cottager 
    CATCHPOLE / CATCHPOLLA - sheriff's assistance or bailiff 
    CATECHISTA - teacher of religion 
    CATTLE JOBBER - buys and sells cattle 
    CAULKER - filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seams to make 
	them watertight 
    CEILER - puts up the ceilings in buildings 
    CELLARMAN - looked after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses 
	or the warehouse 
    CEMMER - hand combed the yarn before weaving 
    CHAFF CUTTER - made chaff by cutting straw 
    CHAFFERER - dealer in chaff 
    CHAIR BODGER - traveling chair repairman 
    CHAISE MAKER - made carts from wicker 
    CHALONER - dealer in shalloon, a material made in Chƒlons 
    CHAMBERLAIN - steward to either royalty or nobility, in charge of 
	the household 
    CHAMBERMAID - female servant attending to bedrooms in houses or inns 
    CHAMBER MASTER - shoemaker that worked from home as an outworker 
	or \	selling direct 
    CHAUNTER - street entertainer who sung ballads 
    CHEESE FACTOR / CHEESEMAN / CHEESE MONGER - dealer in cheeses 
    CHANDLER - candle seller, grocer, provisioner, usually associated with 
	provisioning ships 
    CHANTY MAN - sailor that led the singing of shanties on board ship 
    CHAPELER - made and sold hats CHAPMAN / COPEMAN / PETTY CHAPMAN 
	/ CEAPMAN - dealer or peddler of goods usually itinerant going from 
	village to village. 
    CHARCOAL BURNER - made charcoal usually in the woods where the trees 
	were cut 
    CHARTMASTER - middleman that negotiated mining contracts and suppiled 
	the labour 
    CHARWOMAN - cleaning woman 
    CHATELAINE - mistress of a castle or house 
    CHIFFONIER - wig maker or ragpicker 
    CHILDBED LINEN WAREHOUSE KEEPER / DEALER - hired bedlinen for childbirth 
	as most children
    were born at home 
    CHIMNEY SWEEP - chimney cleaner 
    CHINGLOR - rooftiler who used wooden shingles 
    CHIP - shipwright or carpenter 
    CHIPPERS LABOURER - assistant to a shipwright or ships carpenter 
    CHIROPODIST - treats diseases of the feet & hands 
    CHIRUGION or CHIRURGEON - apothecary or surgeon 
    CHOWDER - fish monger 
    CHRONOLOGIST - recorded official events of historical importance 
    CINDER WENCH - female who collected the cinders from gas works and sold 
	them door to door 
    CLAKER - magician/astrologer 
    CLAPMAN - town crier 
    CLARK - clerk 
    CLASSMAN - unemployed laborer 
    CLAVIGER - servant 
    CLAY CARRIER - assistant to the shot firer in the pits 
    CLAYMAN / CLEYMAN - worked in the clay pits usually preparing the 
	clay for making bricks and also one who coated the outside of 
	buildings with clay to make them water proof 
    CLERICUS - clerk 
    CLERK - clergyman or cleric 
    CLICKER - worked in the shoe trade cutting out the uppers made the 
	shoelace holes and one in charge of
    the final stage of layout before printing in printing industry 
    CLIPPER / CLIPPER ON / CLIPPER OFF - attached the coal carts to the 
	wire or rope which was used to
    drag the carts to and from the coal face 
    CLOD HOPPER - plowman 
    CLOGGER - maker of wooden shoes 
    CLOTH LAPPER - took the cloth from the carding machine readied it 
	for the next process 
    CLOTH LINTER / CLOTH PICKER - removed unwanted threads and lint from 
	the finished material 
    CLOTHIER / CLOTHESMAN / CLOTHMAN - who made or sold clothes 
    CLOUTER / CLOWER - made nails also another term for a shoemaker for 
	the former term 
    COACHMAN / COACH DRIVER - drove any coach 
    COAL BACKER - carried the sacks of coal from the coal barge to the 
	coal wagons 
    COAL BURNER - made charcoal 
    COAL DRAWER - worked in the mines pushing or dragging the coal carts 
	the the bottom of the pit 
    COAL HEAVER - unloaded coal COALMAN / COAL MERCHANT / COAL HIGGLER - 
	sold coal usually
    from a horse and cart, house to house. 
    COALMETER - measured the coal 
    COAL RUNNER - attended the coal carts underground 
    COAL WHIPPER - unloaded coal from ships using baskets attached to a 
	simple form of crane 
    COAST SURVEYOR / WAITER - customs officer who watched over the 
	ofloading off goods on the coast 
    COBBLER - shoemaker 
    COBLEMAN - used a flat bottomed boat for fishing 
    COCUS - cook 
    COD PLACER - put fire proof containers which held the pottery for 
	firing into the kiln 
    COINER - worked at the mint stamping out coins 
    COLLAR MAKER - made horse collars and one who made shirt collars 
    COLLIER - coal miner, a coal merchant or one who worked on the coal barges 
    COLONUS - Latin for farmer or husbandman 
    COLPORTEUR - traveling Bible or religious book salesman 
    COLOURATOR / COLORATORA - worked with dyes 
    COLOUR MAN - mixed the dyes in the textile trade and also assistant 
	to a house painter 
    COMBER or COMBERE - combs wool 
    COMB MAKER - made combs either for the textile industry for combing 
	wool etc. or the maker of hair
    combs 
    COMPOSITOR - set the type ready for printing 
    CONDER / CONNER - gave steering instructions to the steersman and also 
	gave directions to inshore
    fisherman of fish movements on shoals (usually from the top of cliffs 
	or rocks) 
    CONEY CATCHER - rabbit catcher 
    CONFECTIONER - candy maker 
    CONNER - inspector or tester 
    COOPER or CUPER - maker of barrels 
    COPEMAN / COPER - dealer in goods and also dishonest dealer in horses 
	in the latter case 
    COPPERBEATER / COPPERBETER - coppersmith 
    COPPERSMITH - worked with copper 
    CORACLE MAKER - made coracles, a small round boat used for fishing 
    CORDINER / CORDWAINER / CORVINER / CORVISOR - originally term used 
	for one who worked with Cordovan (a special leather from Spain) 
	but later term used for shoemaker 
    COSTERMONGER - fruit seller 
    COSTER WIFE - female fruit seller 
    COTILER - cutler 
    COUPER - one who buys & sells 
    COURANTEER - journalist 
    COWHERD - cow tender 
    COXWAIN - ship or boat helmsman 
    CRIER - law court officer, auctioneer, town announcer 
    CRIMPER - member of navy press gang 
    CROFTER - tenant of a small piece of land 
    CROPPER - tenant who is paid with a share of the crop 
    CROWNER - coroner 
    CUHREUR (CUNREUR) - currier 
    CURER - cures tobacco 
    CURRETTER - broker 
    CURRIER - cures or tans hides 
    CUSTOMER - customs tax collector 
    CUTLER - knife seller or sharpener 
    DAGUERREOTYPE ARTIST - early name for a photographer (from the 
	Daguerreotype method) 
    DAIRYMAN - worker or owner of a dairy farm or seller of dairy products 
    DAMSTER - builder of dams for logging purposes 
    DANTER - female overseer in the winding rooms of a silk mill 
    DATELER / DAY MAN / DAYTALEMAN - casual worker, usually employed 
	by the day 
    DEATHSMAN - executioner 
    DECIMER / DOZENER - elected by the householders in a street to act 
	as their representative at the borough's Court Leet 
    DECOYMAN - employed to decoy the wild fowl, animals etc into a trap 
	or within shooting range 
    DECRETIST - knowledgeable in decrees, decretals 
    DEEMER / DEEMSTER / DEMSTER / DEMPSTER - judge, usually in the 
	Channel Isles or Isle of Man 
    DELVER - dug ditches 
    DEPATER - precious metal refiner 
    DEPUTY - safety officer for the pit crew in the mining industry 
    DERRICKMAN - worked on an oil well handling the tubes and rods used 
	in drilling 
    DEVIL - printer's errand boy 
    DEVILLER - operated the devil, a machine that tore rags used in the 
	textile industry 
    DEXTER - dyer 
    DEY WIFE - female dairy worker 
    DEXTER - dyer 
    DIKEMAN / DYKEMAN - hedger or ditcher 
    DIPPER - who worked in the pottery trade and was responsible for 
	the glazing of items 
    DISHER / DISH THROWER - who made bowls and dishes 
    DISH TURNER - who made wooden bowls or dishes 
    DISTILLER - maker of alcoholic beverages 
    DISTRIBUTOR - parish official attached to the workhouse / poorhouse 
	who looked after the secular needs
    of the poor 
    DOCKER / DOCK WALLOPER - dock worker, longshoreman 
    DOCK MASTER - in charge of a dockyard 
    DOG LEECH - veterinarian 
    DOMESMAN - judge 
    DOMESTIC - household servant 
    DONKEY BOY / DONKEY MAN - driver of a carriage for passengers 
    DOOR KEEPER - guard, janitor, or porter 
    DOUBLER - who operated a machine used to twist together strands of 
	fibre (cotton, wool etc) 
    DOWSER / DIVINER - water finder 
    DRAGMAN - fisher man who fished by dragging a net along the bottom 
	of the water 
    DRAGOMAN - who acted as interpreter or guide in Turkish or Arabic 
    DRAGSMAN - driver of a small stage coach or carriage used for public 
	transport or private hire 
    DRAGOON - mounted infantryman 
    DRAINER - who made drains 
    DRAPER - dealer in fabrics and sewing needs 
    DRAWBOY - weavers assistant in the shawl making mills , they sat 
	atop the looms and lifted the heavy
    warps. 
    DRAYMAN - cart driver 
    DREDGERMAN - one who in a boat to collect the bits and pieces that 
	had fallen overboard from other
    vessels which then were sold (London occupation) 
    DRESSER - one who dresses another, surgeon's assistant and also one 
	who operated a machine which prepared threads in the textile 
	industry 
    DRESSING MACHINE MAKER - who made sewing machines 
    DRIFT MAKERA - who made drift nets, used in the fishing industry 
    DRIPPING

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